Music: Metropolitan's Way

Manhattan's Metropolitan Opera
House has always seemed so securely grounded that most people were
surprised last week to learn that it, too, had seriously felt
Depression, that unless expenses were cut the quality of performances
would have to suffer. Metropolitan artists behaved then in a manner
worthy of the Company's proud traditions. Regardless of his contract,
Manager Giulio Gatti-Casazza offered to take 10% less salary. Singers
followed suit. Metropolitan performances cost from $14,000 to $15,000
apiece. Another help in time of trouble may be the revenue from
Saturday matinee broadcasts. Long...